Tony is the author of The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier and is theologian-in-residence at Solomon’s Porch in Minneapolis. A doctoral fellow in practical theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, he is the author of many books on Christian ministry and spirituality, including and The Sacred Way: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Life, and he is a sought after speaker and consultant in the areas of emerging church, postmodernism, and Christian spirituality. Tony has three children and lives in Edina, Minnesota.

Emergent Village, national coordinating group member and board of directors; Emergent/Abingdon Publishing partnership, series editor; Faith as a Way of Life, National Working Group, Yale Center for Faith and Culture; Journal of Student Ministries, contributing editor and columnist; Connecting With Kids positional leaders group, Edina, Minnesota; Highlands Elementary School PTA, executive committee; Edina Police Department, chaplain.

Consulting Endorsement

“Tony Jones is a thought-provoking, articulate facilitator, who is able to create a vibrant interactive learning environment where participants from a wide spectrum of religious traditions can explore new ways of thinking and doing.” Tim Beuthin, Education Director, Indianapolis Center for Congregations

Praise for The Sacred Way

“In the end, The Sacred Way effectively links past and present, scholarship and humor, high church and low church into a practical guide that takes the Christian deeper into his or her own soul to meet with God. Used in a class or small group…The Sacred Waywelcomesthose with a 30-minute quiet-time spirituality and bumper sticker theology into a much larger world.” Skye Jethani, Leadership Journal

“You might just experience a holy fire you thought was reserved for monks and saints.” Joy Fischer, Christian Singles Magazine

“This book provides for the entire Church a reflective, personally-useful, and pastorally-directive manual for what needs to be involved for the person who wants to develop a spiritual rule of life.” Scot McKnight, author of The Jesus Creed

“This is a sturdy book….By using “sturdy” here, I mean to say:

that this book will wear well, because it has a strange kind of candor that seamlessly combines soft intimacy with ecclesial history;

that this book will walk, quiet and unassuming, through your head and among your activities tomorrow just as profoundly as it does today;

that this book will sit easy on your heart, although it may at times disturb the rhythms of your day. (Such, after all, is its stated intention;)

that this book is sturdy because it is made of sterner stuff than are most books, especially than are most religion books;

that this book is about discipline;

that this book is a map back to the ancient-future.” Phyllis Tickle, from the Foreword.